foreign policy

[fawr-in pol-uh-see, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪn ˈpɒl ə si, ˈfɒr- /

NOUN

foreign affairs

Synonyms

STRONGEST

diplomacy

WEAK

diplomatic policy diplomatics foreign relations international relations world politics

Example Sentences

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The result for Infantino has been an obsequious presence around American officials while navigating thorny questions of U.S. foreign policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Another voter, Khachatur Movsisyan, a 59-year-old mechanical engineer, said he had backed an opposition party "because the country, and all of us, need change -- in foreign policy, domestic policy and in negotiations with Azerbaijan."

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

"I don't know about the spirit of Anchorage," President Putin's foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told Russian state TV recently.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

How it’s shown up for me in my campaign is I’m running in a district where so many community members are directly impacted by the foreign policy decisions of our government.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Perhaps the supreme example of Jefferson’s greater flexibility occurred on the foreign policy front.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis